From now into the New Year, its pretty common to overindulge in alcohol and sweet, fatty foods. Its Christmas, afterall, and work events and Christmas parties are not renowned for their healthy eating options. However, here are some ways to look after your liver, (which looks after you), so that you can enter 2019 feeling light and ready for the New Year.

An important Naturopathic concept is to live seasonally. By paying attention to the season of winter, by changing our eating and taking the time to tune in and rest more, we can help avoid many of winter's illnesses.

As you are likely aware, it is now possible to buy codeine based pain relief medications only with a prescription from the doctor. While this may or may not affect the people who are addicted to, or abuse these medications, and who need help one way or another, it also has a huge impact on people who have relied on these effective medications for either chronic or occasional pain management. I have already heard from clients who are being refused codeine-based prescriptions from their doctors, for chronic pain.

So I thought it was a good time to write an article on some more natural ways to help manage pain. Many people in chronic pain are not managed well by their GP’s and specialists, and are not taught the many possible ways to support themselves to live better despite their pain, because it is easier to prescribe medications.........